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9 | 9 | X<|Rakudo and Perl 6 (FAQ)>
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10 | 10 | =head2 What's the difference between Rakudo and Perl 6?
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| -Properly speaking, L<Rakudo|http://rakudo.org/> is an implementation of Perl 6. |
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| -It's currently the most developed, but there have been other implementations in |
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| -the past and there will likely be others in the future. Perl 6 is the definition |
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| -of the language. Often, Rakudo and Perl 6 will be used interchangeably. |
| 12 | +Properly speaking, L<Rakudo|http://rakudo.org/> is an implementation of |
| 13 | +Perl 6. It's currently the most developed, but there have been other |
| 14 | +implementations in the past and there will likely be others in the |
| 15 | +future. Perl 6 is the definition of the language. Often, Rakudo and Perl |
| 16 | +6 will be used interchangeably. |
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17 | 18 | =head2 Has Perl 6 been released?
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94 | 95 | You can also consult this
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95 | 96 | L<great cheatsheet|http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/perl6/mu/blob/master/docs/Perl6/Cheatsheet/cheatsheet.html>.
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| -L<perl6book.com|https://perl6book.com/> contains a list of dead tree books. |
| 98 | +L<perl6book.com|https://perl6book.com/> contains a list of dead tree and |
| 99 | +electronic books. |
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| -Be mindful of publication dates when reading third-party articles. Anything |
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| -published before December, 2015 likely describes pre-release version of Perl 6. |
| 101 | +Be mindful of publication dates when reading third-party articles. |
| 102 | +Anything published before December, 2015 likely describes pre-release |
| 103 | +version of Perl 6. |
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102 | 105 | You can always L<get help from a live human in our help chat|https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#perl6> or L<search the chat logs|https://www.google.com/search?q=site:irclog.perlgeek.de+inurl:perl6>.
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| 107 | +X<|Books> |
| 108 | +=head2 Can I get some books about Perl 6? |
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| 110 | +Here are some available books, in no particular order: |
| 111 | +
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| 112 | +=item L<Perl 6 at a Glance|https://deeptext.media/perl6-at-a-glance/>, by Andrew Shitov |
| 113 | +
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| 114 | +=item L<Think Perl 6: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist|http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-perl-6/>, by Laurent Rosenfeld. |
| 115 | +
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| 116 | +=item L<Perl 6 Fundamentals|https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484228982>, by Moritz Lenz |
| 117 | +
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| 118 | +=item L<Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars|https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1484232275/>, by Moritz Lenz |
| 119 | +
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| 120 | +=item L<Learning Perl 6|https://www.learningperl6.com/>, by Brian D. Foy (In July 2018, this is in a very advanced publication stage) |
| 121 | +
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| 122 | +=item L<Metagenomics|https://www.gitbook.com/book/kyclark/metagenomics/details>, by Ken Youens-Clark |
| 123 | +
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| 124 | +=item L<Learning to program with Perl 6: First Steps|https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07221XCVL>, by JJ Merelo |
| 125 | +
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| 126 | +=item L<Perl 6 Deep Dive|https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/perl-6-deep-dive">, by Andrew Shitov |
| 127 | +
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104 | 128 | X<|Specification (FAQ)>
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105 | 129 | =head2 What is the Perl 6 specification?
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